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Attracting Finance for Agriculture in Rwanda, Enabled by a Systemic Approach
Ailsa Buckley, CASA Market Systems Lead There are major challenges facing Rwandan agri-SMEs trying to attract finance, such as the perceived high…
Right-Sizing Pilots: Getting Market Systems Development Projects Off the Ground
Patrick Niyomugabo, CASA Rwanda Pilots are often the starting point for developing scalable and sustainable solutions. They serve as a platform for…
Local G.A.P. Standards: A New Era for Ethiopian Agriculture Unveiled at HortiFlora Expo
On 3 April 2025, the last day of the 9th HortiFlora Expo in Addis Ababa, EHPEA, in collaboration with CASA, organized a…
Investment of NPR 2 Crore in KHETI through Aadhyanta Promises to Unlock Finance for Thousands of Smallholder Farmers in Nepal
Aadhyanta, a leading private equity and venture capital (PEVC) firm, has invested NPR 2 Crore (20 million Nepalese rupees) into DV Excellus,…
Five technologies SME agribusiness can apply to address food loss in Africa and Asia
Food loss in some value chains in sub-Saharan Africa can reach 60%. Therefore, reducing food loss is one of the quick wins…
Three fertilizer alternatives to arrest soil degradation in Africa
Healthy soil is critical for global food security and also supports climate and environmental outcomes, including sequestering carbon. The recent paper from…
The region of opportunities: Sustainable finance in Africa
Original blog post: Sustainable Finance in Africa | Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT (alliancebioversityciat.org) Reflecting on Africa’s Food System Forum, Godefroy Grosjean,…
CASA-led climate discussions in Malawi shape Africa Food Systems Summit agenda
The challenge of financing climate-smart technologies in the agriculture sector, was one of the pressing priorities identified by investors. Alvaro Valverde of…
5 steps to help UKAid drive better climate, nutrition, and gender outcomes
A review of the FCDO Commercial Agriculture Portfolio, carried out by CASA, has identified five recommendations to help drive better climate, nutrition,…
Malawi agribusiness investment gets new impetus
21 June 2023 saw a four-part meeting designed to increase Malawi agribusiness investment in Malawi. Using the combined convening power of Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC), AGRA, the Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) and CASA, over 100 stakeholders came together…